Kanji Detail for 貶 - "demote, slander, reduce"

貶

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

貶 means "demote, slander, reduce."
1. Demote - To lower; to degrade; to dismiss.
2. Slander - To criticize; to disparage.
3. Reduce - To decrease.
Four-character idioms with 貶
- 毀誉褒貶きよほうへん praise and censure; public criticisms
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

degrade; disparage; belittle; demote

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

decrease, lower; censure, criticize

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To suppress or reduce. Such as reducing price is called 貶價 (reduce price). Also demotion of officials is called 貶.
Onyomi

hen(ヘン)
Kunyomi

kena.su(けな-す)

oto.su(お-とす)

otoshi.meru(おとしめる)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)
Related Keywords

demote lower degrade dismiss slander criticize disparage reduce decrease

ネット上では悪質な、個人を貶めようとする行動が多く見られる気がします。
It seems that I often see mean and disparaging behavior towards individuals on the net.
特定の企業を賞賛する書き込みや、逆にライバル企業を貶める書き込みが多い2ch。
2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals.
敵対企業を貶めたり、秘密情報を入手したりと、大企業に欠かせない存在であるため、ハイリスクながらハイリターンが望める仕事だ。
Causing competitors to fail, obtaining confidential information, something that big business just can't do without - high risk but at the same time high return work.